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By:-
GAGAN.G.S
12TH
ST.MARYS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
TUMKUR.
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGE
INTRODUCTION
AIM
MATERIALS RECQUIRED
PROCEDURE
OBSERVATION
PHOTO GALLERY
BIBLIOGRAHY
INTRODUCTION
Seed dispersal is the movement or
transport of seed away from the parent
plant. Plants have very limited mobility
and consequently rely upon a variety of
dispersal vector to transport their
propagules, including both abiotic and
biotic component vectors. Seeds can be
dispersed away from the parent plant
individually or collectively, as well as
dispersed in both space and time. The
patterns of seed dispersal are determined
in large part by the dispersal mechanism
and this has important implications for the
demographic and genetic structure of
plant populations, as well as migration
patterns and species interactions. There
are five main modes of seed dispersal:
gravitation, wind, ballistic, water, and by
animals. Some plants serotinous and only
disperse their seeds in response to an
environmental stimulus.
AIM
TO STUDY THE DISPERSAL OF
SEEDS BY VARIOUS AGENCIES.
EXPERIMENTAL
PROCEDURE:i. Collect different types of seeds and
observe their features carefully,
classify them according to their
mode of disposal.
ii. Cut open the fruits, note down the
features of their seeds and classify
them according to their mode of
dispersal.
iii. Record your observation in the form
of a table
SEED DISPERSAL
WIND DISPERSAL
Have you
ever blown on a DANDELION head and
watched the seeds float away? This is WIND
DISPERSAL. Seeds from plants like dandelions,
swan plants and cottonwood trees are light
and have feathery bristles and can be carried
long distance by the wind. Some plants, like
KAURI and MAPPLE trees have winged seeds.
WATER DISPERSAL
Many plants have seeds that use water as a
means of dispersal. The seeds float away from
the parent plant. Mangrove trees in estuaries.
If a mangrove seed falls during low tide, it
begin to root in the soil. If the seeds fall in
water, they are carried away by the tide to
grow somewhere else. KOWHAI trees also use
water dispersal. They have a hard seed coat
that allows them to float down streams and
rivers. That is one of the reason why KOWHAI
trees are commonly found on stream banks.
ANIMAL DISPERSAL
EXPLOSION
This method of seed dispersal isnt it quite as
exciting as it may sound. Some plants, like
peas, gorse and flax have seedpods that dry
out once the seed are ripe. When dry, the pods
split open and the seeds scatter. If youre, on a
hot summer day when you walk by a gorse
bush, you will hear the gorse seedpods
popping open.
My investigation different
Types of plants/trees
1) FIRE CRACKER FLOWER
SCIENTIFIC NAME:CROSSANDRA INFUNDIBULIFORMS
FEATURES OF SEEDS:
Light in weight
Matured seeds burst
PICTORIAL VIEW
:-VIEW OF THE
PLANT
:-CLOSER VIEW OF
THE FLOWER
:-DRIED SEEDS